This post introduces Readleif, a read-later and listen-later app for iOS and macOS that I built this summer. The main ideas: No account, no subscription, no server, a library to browse rather than an …

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A developer introduces Readleif, a personal read-later and listen-later app for iOS and macOS built without accounts, subscriptions, or servers. Key design choices include iCloud sync, a library-style home view instead of an inbox, content extraction via the open-source defuddle library, SwiftUI-based Markdown rendering, and local on-device TTS using the Kokoro 82M model. The app adapts non-speakable content blocks (code, tables, images) using Apple's on-device Foundation Models. Social features via ATProto/Bluesky are explored for sharing and discovery. The post also candidly discusses the economics of monetizing such a niche app.